Daily Archive: Thursday, February 19, 2015

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, CMC- Two teams, considered highly unpredictable and dangerous, West Indies and Pakistan, clash in a potential cliffhanger in the 10th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup here at the Hagley Oval on Saturday.

Exxon Mobil today updated Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud on activities that the company will undertake over the next few weeks and it also disclosed that its rig for drilling offshore is due to leave Louisiana today.

ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Senior Pakistani army and diplomatic officials said today the Afghan Taliban have signalled through the Pakistani military that they are willing to open peace talks, which could be held later in the day.

The Preliminary List of Electors (PLE) has grown by over 75,000 since the 2011 general election and the projected cost of the 2015 poll could be well over the $2.5 billion spent in 2011.

A Bourda resident was shot in a hail of bullets while standing outside a vulcanizing shop on South Road last night.

Four persons, including two Guyanese were arrested on Monday with over 50 lbs of ganja in the Brazilian town of Boa Vista, across from Lethem, according to yesterday’s edition of the Boa Vista News.

The debt trend in Guyana needs to be reversed, Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Justin Ram says.

By Jeff Trotman   Chairman of Region Ten, Sharma Solomon has been appointed campaign manager for APNU in that area for the upcoming May 11 general elections.

Always an advocate for sports and fitness since its inception in 2010, Fitness Express is forever blazing the trail as a perennial benefactor for local disciplines.

Canadian mining company Sandspring Resources Inc has put off completing a feasibility study for its proposed large-scale gold mine at Toroparu, Upper Puruni River as a result of uncertainty in the gold market.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that while thousands in Berbice have reportedly petitioned asking that he runs in the upcoming election as the PPP/C’s Prime Ministerial candidate he was not interested.

The long awaited Track and Field stadium at Leonora is scheduled for a March 27 opening and athletics will be allotted a half hour slot as part of the grand opening.

Australia based, Angus Thompson is scheduled to arrive in Guyana today to kick off his duties as Technical Director of the national rugby outfits.

Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh who performed a post-mortem examination (PME) on the remains suspected to be that of murdered teen Neesa Gopaul, testified yesterday that the body was missing 50% of its head and that the blunt trauma had been forcefully inflicted.

The lone witness to the 1980 killing of Dr Walter Rodney yesterday testified that Gregory Smith’s book, Assassination Cry of a Failed Revolution: The Truth About Dr Walter Rodney’s Death was a “complete fabrication” of the events leading up Rodney’s killing.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, CMC – Darren Sammy believes embattled West Indies captain Jason Holder needs the unbridled support of his teammates, in order to navigate the current turmoil surrounding the team’s poor form.

Media owners and managers yesterday signed on to a Media Code of Conduct (MCC) which covers a broad range of issues on how they report stories, carry political advertisements and their general conduct during the upcoming elections.

After four weeks of strike action by University of Guyana staff over collapsed pay hike negotiations with the university’s administration, the picketing exercise will be heading to UG’s Tain campus in Berbice to support staff there, who are succumbing to pressure, President of the University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) Bruce Haynes said.

As a blanket of secrecy continues to cover the deal struck to drop a multi-million dollar tax evasion case against Kaieteur News owner Glenn Lall, his wife Bhena and a remigrant couple, it is unclear who has possession of the two luxury vehicles that were at the centre of the probe.

Confusion over Mash Day vending continues with the acting town clerk selling spots and the Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) Social Development Committee (SDC) allocating the same spots.

After being accused of murdering his 37-year-old wife, Frankie Annerude, a 48 year old labourer of Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magis-trate Sunil Scarce at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, I note that the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has published its Vacancy Notice, 2015 in the Sunday Stabroek of February 15, 2015.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s 111-run mauling by Australia in their opening World Cup match was “embarrassing”, former captain Graham Gooch said yesterday.

Dear Editor, We refer to your February 2, 2015 Stabroek News edition in which a letter was written by Mr Madhoo Ramicharitar captioned ‘Still waiting for NIS pension.’

Vishnu Singh, the businessman accused of raping a 14-year-old girl, will return to court tomorrow after the prosecutor told Magistrate Zamilla Ally that the police still have statements to be filed.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York Knicks leading scorer Carmelo Anthony will have season-ending surgery on his left knee, the last-placed NBA team said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) wishes to acknowledge your publication’s February 18, 2015, letter captioned, ‘Guyana Post Office failed to deliver mail from US Department of State relating to a visa.’

Monday’s Wellington Park minibus collision which claimed the life of a 43 year old mother, Vidwattie Persaud still has four victims hospitalised; two of whom are in stable condition.

LODZ, Poland, CMC – Veteran Kittitian sprinter Kim Collins continued to roll back the years, setting a world-leading time and equaling the Central American and Caribbean Games record in winning the 60 metres at the Pedro’s Cup meeting here Tuesday.

Dear Editor, I am on my final year, final semester, in my law studies at the University of Guyana.

Two men who admitted to dumping waste on city streets were on Tuesday separately sentenced to perform community service.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – If there was one thing pretty much the whole cricketing community agreed upon on the first weekend of the World Cup, it was that James Taylor deserved better than to be robbed of a century by a dodgy umpiring decision.

(Reuters) – If the Bangladesh celebrations after their comprehensive win over World Cup debutants Afghanistan in Canberra looked slightly over the top it was not without reason.

Dear Editor, Last Monday’s general election in St Kitts-Nevis was won by the opposition Team Unity which took seven of the 11 seats.

A quarrel amongst tenants ended with a man being placed on bail and his wife paying a fine after they appeared in court yesterday.

The Demerara River overflowed its banks yesterday afternoon, flooding sections of the Stabroek Market and along Water Street owing to the current high tide.

Dear Editor, For a long time, Guyana languished for national and racial unity to move our people forward.

A 3-year-old child of Hampton Court, Essequibo Coast was yesterday rushed to the Suddie Public Hospital after the car she and her father were involved in an accident.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Incumbent West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron, had his re-election chances significantly boosted when his home territory, the Jamaica Cricket Association, made an about-turn and decided to throw their support behind him, in next month presidential elections.

Defending champs Dynas Ravens will begin their title defence today when they oppose Smithfield Rockers in the second annual Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) ‘Road to Mecca’ National Club Championship.

Passengers boarding a vessel moored at the stelling.

Dear Editor, The downward slippage at City Hall perpetrated by the President, Minister Whittaker and Ms Sooba triumvirate, continues unabated.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of protesters marched peacefully through the Argentine capital yesterday demanding an independent judiciary, as the country reels from the death of a state prosecutor who had been investigating the president.

Dear Editor, Decades ago when I and others waxed warm in the theory and practice of management (as it was spoken and written), I was regaled with a story about the recruitment process which involved the president of the company itself.

The entrance to Alabama Trading

NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – A New Orleans jury on Wednesday awarded $14 million to five Indian men who were lured to the United States and forced to work under inhumane conditions after Hurricane Katrina by a U.S.

The Forbes Burnham Foundation is hosting a series of activities to mark the 92nd birth anniversary of the late President LFS Burnham.

(Jamaica Observer) Losing the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) as its final court could have a detrimental effect on Jamaica’s attempts to attract increased foreign direct investment (FDI), according to Ismail Erturk, an expert in corporate and international finance and a senior lecturer at Manchester Business School (MBS) in Britain.

Guyana Jaguars Assistant Coach Rayon Griffith said the players must continue to play as a team if they are to continue to be successful in the current West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Professional Cricket League four-day tournament.

It appears international football will be returning to Guyana following an absence of more than 28 months with the Saint Lucia senior team set to battle the Golden Jaguars as part of the team’s preparation for the FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifiers.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo yesterday buckled to pressure and dropped his candidate for police chief after weeks of public outcry over the nominee’s implication in a bribery scandal.

A flooded route 44 minibus park

In front of the Water Street Vendor’s Mall

(Barbados Nation) Barba-dos is not doing enough to fix its fiscal problems, according to the latest assessment from the Carib-bean Development Bank (CDB).

Dear Editor, It is no surprise that the likes of Clement Rohee, the People’s Progressive Party General Secretary during his February 17 press conference, and Hydar Ally, PPP political activist in a letter to the Stabroek News on February 18, are attempting to paint the AFC-APNU alliance as a mere coalition of convenience to score political points and power.

Walking along Water Street

BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy was the only Caribbean player sold in the 2015 Indian Premier League auction on Monday.

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Politikles

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Federal authorities in San Francisco are probing U.S.-based

Dear Editor, I read with great amusement and anger the caption of an article published in Kaieteur News of February 17 ‘WPA has no interest in the pro-democracy alliance -Ogunseye.’

(Barbados Nation) Minister of Industry and Commerce Donville Inniss is “deeply troubled” there’s no Barbadian on the bench of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

The crazy bottleneck that constitutes Camp Street between Quamina and Middle Streets on both sides of the avenue from Monday to Friday, unless there’s a holiday, is as much a result of poor planning as it is the new city traffic culture.

The signing of the ‘Cummingsburg Accord’ by David Granger, Leader of A Partnership for National Unity, and Khemraj Ramjattan, Leader of the Alliance For Change, has changed the course of Guyana’s political development forever.